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Okay, I'll get the ball rolling. I loved Sally Fields as Abby's mom and wished she'd made another appearance after the birth of Joe. She finally seemed to be taking better care of herself, and it was wonderful to see her help Abby through that whole messy ordeal. But then - poof! - she was gone.

I was rather annoyed when Abby and Luca didn't have a real wedding either but had a pretend TV wedding with coworkers in a magical loft (really? Who DOES that?) because it was cheaper than actually hiring new actors to portray Luca's family or bring back Sally Fields and the guy who played Abby's brother.

Oh! And Dubenko - he had a special needs sister that appeared only once, during a Christmas montage where he gave her a present. My heart kind of broke for him and I assumed we'd see more of this subplot. Nope! The sister was never mentioned again, even when he briefly ran off with Skye to do some adventuring.

OH OH! And Abby's father! They totally DROPPED that one. There he was, and then poof. Never to be seen again.

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Oh my god, Cynthia was quite possibly the most annoying character in the show's history. I very nearly did not watch SVU when it premiered because that's all I knew Mariska Hargitay from. (I quit SVU a long, long time ago - season five or six, maybe? - so I won't see this reunion.)

For some reason, I have very few clear memories of this show even though I watched it regularly for quite a few years; it sucks that one of the things I do still have in my mind is Cynthia!

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Oh my god, Cynthia was quite possibly the most annoying character in the show's history. I very nearly did not watch SVU when it premiered because that's all I knew Mariska Hargitay from. (I quit SVU a long, long time ago - season five or six, maybe? - so I won't see this reunion.)

For some reason, I have very few clear memories of this show even though I watched it regularly for quite a few years; it sucks that one of the things I do still have in my mind is Cynthia!

I couldn't stand Cynthia either! ugh she totally ruined season 4 for me and that's one of my favorite seasons of the show, I always fast forward her scenes when I watch my DVD's and of course she & Mark never had any chemistry at all, but that's not the point. Thank god she wasn't a long term character though.

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I saw an episode yesterday where Sara Rue showed up as a teenager who had slept with a boy at school who gave her gonorrhea and promptly dumped her after their one date. She was upset about the situation and about being a little overweight and unpopular. Ross was good with her, giving her advice about how the right guy would come along eventually. I recognized her immediately, even with her being a little chubbier and having long hair (and being a teenager at the time!)--she has changed a lot since then, though.

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I didn't realize that Corday's mother was played by Judy Parfitt. I know her as Sister Monica Joan on PBS's 'Call the Midwife'. She's great!

They had some heavy hitters (prestige and/or longevity in the industry) as characters' moms on this show -- Parfitt as Corday's, but also Mary McDonnell as Carter's, Sally Field as Abby's, Beah Richards as Peter's, Piper Laurie as Doug's, Bonnie Bartlett as Mark's ... undoubtedly more I'm forgetting.

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They had some heavy hitters (prestige and/or longevity in the industry) as characters' moms on this show -- Parfitt as Corday's, but also Mary McDonnell as Carter's, Sally Field as Abby's, Beah Richards as Peter's, Piper Laurie as Doug's, Bonnie Bartlett as Mark's ... undoubtedly more I'm forgetting.

Paul Dooley of Sixteen Candles fame as Susan's dad. Funny how Gedde Watanabe, another actor in that movie (Long Duk Dong!) joined the show later as Yosh, one of the nurses. :-)

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Paul Dooley of Sixteen Candles fame as Susan's dad. Funny how Gedde Watanabe, another actor in that movie (Long Duk Dong!) joined the show later as Yosh, one of the nurses. :-)

I mentioned this is the other thread, but Justin Henry, who played Molly Ringwald's brother, also appeared as Anna's med student.

So, I discovered something fun! I was watching a show and left to go to the store. When I came back The Cleveland Show was on, which I've never watched. But one of the voices was unmistakably that of Patrick, the sweet special needs character from ER season one. I looked it up to verify, and that dude has done an AMAZING amount of voice work. His imdb credits are endless. His name is Kevin Michael Richardson if you want to see for yourself. Go, Patrick! :)

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A couple familiar faces in "A Match Made In Heaven".... the dad from the Wonder Years as a man with leukemia, and Kerri Green (from 80s movies The Goonies and Lucas) as the woman with 5 kids who is pregnant again.

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Oh, God. Those are awful. And many times, come without warning. :-( Prayers to her loved ones. As an aside, I never realized she was once married to John Malkovich, per the obituary write up on Variety's site.

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Oh, God. Those are awful. And many times, come without warning. :-( Prayers to her loved ones. As an aside, I never realized she was once married to John Malkovich, per the obituary write up on Variety's site.

Yeah, my mom passed from a pulmonary embolism. She had other illnesses but the PE seemed to come out of nowhere.

I was surprised about the Malkovich thing too. He seems like an intense dude to be married to. But I'm probably just thinking of some of his roles.

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Thanks everybody for all this information. I find it really interesting because I don't know anybody. Well, I recognized Sally Field and maybe one or two more, but then again, as I'm trying to remember, maybe not. Keep the info coming, my "ER" peeps!

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Brigid Brannagh was on an episode of ER called "9 1/2 Hours." She was the girl who was raped by her boyfriend's friend and another guy and didn't remember much. I also know her as Virginia Bryce on "Angel;" she was Wesley's girlfriend. She's also been in a ton of other shows.